THE PAIGNTON PICTURE HOUSE TRUST

Registered charity 1157934 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To preserve for the people of Paignton, Devon and the nation the historical, architectural and constructional heritage that may exist in and around the Paignton Picture House, Torbay Road, Paignton, Devon in buildings of particular beauty or historical, architectural or constructional interest.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:TO PRESERVE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE OF PAIGNTON, DEVON AND OF THE NATION, THEHISTORICAL, ARCHITECTURAL AND CONSTRUCTIONAL HERITAGE THAT MAY EXIST IN AND AROUND THEPAIGNTON PICTURE HOUSE, TORBAY ROAD, PAIGNTON, DEVON IN BUILDINGS (INCLUDING ANYSTRUCTURE OR ERECTION, AND ANY PART OF A BUILDING AS SO DEFINED) OF PARTICULAR BEAUTY ORHISTORICAL, ARCHITECTURAL OR CONSTRUCTIONAL INTEREST.

Area of benefit: IN AND AROUND THE PAIGNTON PICTURE HOUSE, TORBAY ROAD, PAIGNTON, DEVON

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Teignbridge, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted free reserves of £126,942 are above the stated policy target of £34,000 (equivalent to six months' unrestricted expenditure). The charity relies heavily on grants and donations, with total incoming resources of £719,359, and reports a net income of £640,017 for the year.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Darnells Audit Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2022 (received 19/12/2023, 49 days after the 31/10/2023 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Paignton Picture House Trust (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Iris Butler — Acting Chair (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (99% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 2.3% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Candy Vincent-Smith
• Claire Horrocks
• Iris Butler
• Judith Hope Langraf

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Devon · Torbay

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE PICTON CASTLE TRUST.

• THE PICTON CASTLE TRUST income £557k
• PETHERTON ARTS TRUST LIMITED income £153k
• DEVON HISTORIC BUILDINGS TRUST income £386k
• SHANKLIN THEATRE AND COMMUNITY TRUST income £75k
• ARTS TAUNTON income £46k
• PAVILIONS TEIGNMOUTH income £529k

Side by side with its peers

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